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21 July, 2023
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SIX TEAMS face four danger games in the final month of Loddon Valley football’s home and away season. The final month draw puts Bridgewater at risk of losing its top five spot to rapid season improver Mitiamo. s The Supeeroos have gone from a 1-8...
SIX TEAMS face four danger games in the final month of Loddon Valley football’s home and away season.
The final month draw puts Bridgewater at risk of losing its top five spot to rapid season improver Mitiamo.s
The Supeeroos have gone from a 1-8 just four weeks ago to now being within striking distance of snatching a berth in the finals.
The first hurdle comes on Saturday against injury-depleted Pyramid Hill.
The re-ignited form of reigning club best and fairest Jake Lougoon and fellow veterans Doug Thomas and Ross Turner have bounce again in Mitiamo’s game.
Pyramid Hill at home on the plains of Mitchell Park will be tested by the club that appeared down and almost out eight months ago before the steady resurrection under new coach John Vercoe.
The Superoos have two other chances to cause late season upsets. Redemption for wasted opportunities in round eight against Bears Lagoon Serpentine could be on the cards.
And for a wildcard, they face undefeated Marong in the final round of the home and away season. If ever there was a chance to end country Victoria’s current longest winning streak, the eve of the finals looms ominously. A bye and two other almost-certain victories mean there is no chance of Marong dropping from ladder top spot.
The Panthers have one eye on 2023 and another on next year, already re-appointing coach Linton Jacobs and re-signing gun forward Brayden Grenfell in the past week. Grenfell will kick his second ton before finals.
What league the Panthers are in next season - Loddon Valley or Heathcote - time will tell.
They want back-to-back flags in three grades but with eight weeks to grand final day, there’s no certainties in football.
Pyramid Hill faces a second potential tough encounter when travelling south to Inglewood in round 17.
The Blues are almost certain to play finals for the first time in 20 years and at home, where the crowd is enthusiastic, could step up to orchestrate an upset. The Blues, however, will need to be on their mettle after the bye, leaving nothing to chance.
This brings the battle for fifth spot back into play. Bridgewater has Marong in the penultimate round followed by the bye.
Mitiamo is up against the Panthers in the last home and away season match-up.
The size of likely defeats at the hands of the reigning premiers could be the difference in percentage to claim the final spot.
From a season that looked pretty much settled at the half-way mark, rejuvenation of Mitiamo means every top six team will need to be on its A game.
And that’s before one of the other three clubs - Maiden Gully, Newbridge and Calivil - put in surprise performances to challenge or roll higher-placed teams.
TODAY'S TEAMS
B/L Serpentine Seniors
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To be selected from:
Beau Roy-Clements(19), Charlie Gadsden(4), Kyal Zass(12), Steve Gladman(1), Anthony Lewin(5),
Kalem Paxton(3), James Bailey(27), Ryan Prendergast(8), Anthony Brown(34), Justin Laird(13),
Jeremy Hancock(15), Callum Draper(33), Jacob Murley(24), James Rippingale(20), Harrison Gadsden(10),
Nash Kemp(26), David Tineo(37), Aidan Brohm(49), Orion Downing(6), Andrew Gladman(7),
Josh Taig(21), Louis Mott(25),
Ins - Steve Gladman(1), Anthony Brown(34), David Tineo(37), Josh Taig(21)
Outs - Bailey Harrison(2), Jaxon Addlem(14), Jean-Miguel Podosky(23), Taylor Anstee(16)
Marong Seniors
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To be selected from:
Matthew Grant(31), Tucker Thach(46), Thorne Wilson(43), Jonty Davis(61), Trent Fisher(21),
Richard Tibbett(1), Nathan Devanny(19), David Johnstone(34), Michael Bradbury(23), Brandyn Grenfell(26),
Ben Gregg(3), Patrick Gretgrix(30), Jack McCaig(53), Matthew Willox(47), Lachlan Lee(12),
Ryley Taylor(4), Will Gadsden(50), Kyle Manley(41), Brodie Hartland(20), Corey Gregg(7),
Kain Robins(5), Jacob Ede(2),
Ins - Tucker Thach(46), David Johnstone(34), Ben Gregg(3), Jacob Ede(2)
Outs - Jimmy Gadsden(13), Harry Baker(36), Nathan Walsh(10), Matthew Riordan(8)
PYRAMID HILL SENIORS v. MITIAMO SENIORS
Pyramid Hill Seniors
To be selected from:
Mitch Gunther(37), Tom Mcgregor(23), Gavin James(2), Lachlan Sidebottom(14), Dylan Morison(29),
Bryden Morison(18), Adrian Holland(40), Billy Micevski(10), Jack Hickmott(33), Will Perryman(11),
Thomas Hetherington(15), Brodie Carroll(8), Bradley Moon(25), Jesse Sheahan(13), Thomas Nunn(30),
Ed Caburnay(7), Jack Woodward(26), Sebastian Relouw(9), Declan Slingo(3), Zac Dingwall(5),
Thomas Walker(14), Zach Alford(1),
Ins - Lachlan Sidebottom(14), Brodie Carroll(8)
Outs - Scott Mann(6), Bailey George(22)
Mitiamo Seniors
To be selected from:
Tyler Rasmussen(61), Lincon Hocking(17), Brayden Baines(48), Daniel Walters(15), Douglas Thomas(7),
Ross Turner(5), Seth Wright(21), Joshua Diss(28), Eli Spiers(35), zac Tuohey(60),
Aidan White(49), Luke Lougoon(23), Tom Campbell(10), Ryan Byrne(18), Jackson Falls(20),
Zachary Morrison(1), jay reynolds(19), Jessie Rawlings(9), Andrew Cussen(16), Dylan Clohesy(3),
Waylon Draper(57), Ethan Hocking(53),
Ins - Seth Wright(21), Jessie Rawlings(9)
Outs - Kobe Galvin(6), Rhys Varcoe(12)
CALIVIL UNITED SENIORS v. BRIDGEWATER
Calivil United Seniors
To be selected from:
Daniel Masson(26), Kane Newton(9), Cody Anderson(44), William Cole(50), Henry Miller(3),
Ben Baker(11), Jack Sinclair(24), Rhys Lourie(2), Jack Maher(12), Anthony Dennis(5),
tom martin(34), Lachlan Brook(6), Hamish Wall(36), Brae Mensforth(47), Evan Ritchie(21),
Jordan Lea(18), Jake Lawry(1), Jordan Bonanno(33), Cody Thompson(25), Blair Richards(7),
Mitch Avard(14), Thomas Piazza(15),
Ins - Daniel Masson(26)
Outs - Jayden Manderson(20)
Bridgewater Seniors
B: Brayden Stepien(12), James Naughton(23), Aaron Gauci(44)
HB: Ben Derrick(30), Bradley Holt(19), Ayden McDowell(42)
C: Darcy Wood(3), Charlton Hindle(31), Joel Green(28)
HF: Nicholas Naughton(2), Oliver Muggleton(11), Oscar Horan(49)
F: Declan Maher(41), Ben Irvine(77), Tyler Estrada(34)
Fol: Sam Dewar(20), Zane Hoiles(9), Harry Donegan(4)
Int: Jeremy Campbell(57), Toby Naughton(10), Harry McKinley(5), Cale Woodhatch(35)
E:
Ins: Ben Derrick(30), Ben Irvine(77), Emile Pavlich(15), Alexander Pollock(21)
Outs: Nicholas Hall(18), Jack Symons(7)
NEWBRIDGE SENIORS v. MAIDEN GULLY
Newbridge Seniors
To be selected from:
Sam Gale(3), Ashley Mayo(28), Dylan Stevens(15), Matt Giri(35), Jack Clark(33),
William Copland(6), Christopher Dixon(11), Jack Teasdale(22), Caleb Sanders(20), Jack Murray(23),
Dylan Lloyd(26), Caleb Argus(13), Blake Harris(61), Lachie Costelow(12), Jack Langtree(52),
David Romer(9), Angus Fortune(7), William Daly(19), Tyler McLeod(2), Austin Fithall(27),
Liam Nihill(42), Aidan Moore(24),
Ins - David Romer(9), Jack Murray(23), Lachie Costelow(12)
Outs - Patrick Andrews(1), Thomas Wilson(25), Jay HARKNESS(34)
Maiden Gully Seniors
To be selected from:
Daniel Bice(41), Jack Fry(36), Haidyn Minnis(13), Brayden Watson(20), Josh Worsley(5),
Jason Morgan(24), Damian Wust(1), Jonathon Carroll(17), Mathew Crooks(15), Ed Crisp(18),
Nathan Murley(22), Jay McDonald(4), Hamish McCartney(9), Corey Walsh(28), Brandon Dimech(10),
Tyler Miles(8), Cooper Hale(6), Jayden Magnusson(42), Lachie Sobina(37), Ryan Strauch(11),
Mitchell Dean(7), Caleb Flood(50),
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